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Friday, July 22, 2016

Kissinger Institute Webcast: Is China's Door Closing?

Ever since Deng Xiaoping launched his reforms in 1978, "openness" (对外开放)
has been a central tenet of Chinese policy. While the actual degree of
China's openness has varied from time to time and sector to sector over
the past 38 years, the trend toward greater liberalization of society,
institutions, and the economy has been clear.

Until recently. The passage of China’s foreign NGO law raises doubts
about Xi Jinping’s commitment to further opening and reform. The law,
which places foreign NGO’s under the supervision of the Ministry of
Public Security, is the latest in a series of regulations meant to
control “hostile foreign forces.” Surveys indicate that foreign
companies are concerned about tightening business regulations in China
and wonder whether they are as welcome as they were in recent decades.
International journalists and publishers, too, are finding it difficult
to obtain visas and to reach Chinese audiences. Is China’s door closing
to foreigners? Why are conditions changing for international actors in
China? How should the United States respond?
Our panel discussed the future of American NGO’s, corporations, and media in Xi’s China.Moderator: Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Speakers

- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/chinas-door-closing#sthash.uHk5ZtC8.dpuf

Ever since Deng Xiaoping launched his reforms in 1978, "openness" (对外开放)
has been a central tenet of Chinese policy. While the actual degree of
China's openness has varied from time to time and sector to sector over
the past 38 years, the trend toward greater liberalization of society,
institutions, and the economy has been clear.

Until recently. The passage of China’s foreign NGO law raises doubts
about Xi Jinping’s commitment to further opening and reform. The law,
which places foreign NGO’s under the supervision of the Ministry of
Public Security, is the latest in a series of regulations meant to
control “hostile foreign forces.” Surveys indicate that foreign
companies are concerned about tightening business regulations in China
and wonder whether they are as welcome as they were in recent decades.
International journalists and publishers, too, are finding it difficult
to obtain visas and to reach Chinese audiences. Is China’s door closing
to foreigners? Why are conditions changing for international actors in
China? How should the United States respond?
Our panel discussed the future of American NGO’s, corporations, and media in Xi’s China.Moderator: Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Speakers

- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/chinas-door-closing#sthash.uHk5ZtC8.dpuf

Ever since Deng Xiaoping launched his reforms in 1978, "openness" (对外开放)
has been a central tenet of Chinese policy. While the actual degree of
China's openness has varied from time to time and sector to sector over
the past 38 years, the trend toward greater liberalization of society,
institutions, and the economy has been clear.

Until recently. The passage of China’s foreign NGO law raises doubts
about Xi Jinping’s commitment to further opening and reform. The law,
which places foreign NGO’s under the supervision of the Ministry of
Public Security, is the latest in a series of regulations meant to
control “hostile foreign forces.” Surveys indicate that foreign
companies are concerned about tightening business regulations in China
and wonder whether they are as welcome as they were in recent decades.
International journalists and publishers, too, are finding it difficult
to obtain visas and to reach Chinese audiences. Is China’s door closing
to foreigners? Why are conditions changing for international actors in
China? How should the United States respond?
Our panel discussed the future of American NGO’s, corporations, and media in Xi’s China.Moderator: Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Speakers

- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/chinas-door-closing#sthash.uHk5ZtC8.dpuf

Ever since Deng Xiaoping launched his reforms in 1978, "openness" (对外开放)
has been a central tenet of Chinese policy. While the actual degree of
China's openness has varied from time to time and sector to sector over
the past 38 years, the trend toward greater liberalization of society,
institutions, and the economy has been clear.

Until recently. The passage of China’s foreign NGO law raises doubts
about Xi Jinping’s commitment to further opening and reform. The law,
which places foreign NGO’s under the supervision of the Ministry of
Public Security, is the latest in a series of regulations meant to
control “hostile foreign forces.” Surveys indicate that foreign
companies are concerned about tightening business regulations in China
and wonder whether they are as welcome as they were in recent decades.
International journalists and publishers, too, are finding it difficult
to obtain visas and to reach Chinese audiences. Is China’s door closing
to foreigners? Why are conditions changing for international actors in
China? How should the United States respond?
Our panel discussed the future of American NGO’s, corporations, and media in Xi’s China.Moderator: Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Speakers

- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/chinas-door-closing#sthash.uHk5ZtC8.dpuf

On June 28, I spoke in Washington D.C. on a panel at the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S. on the topic "Is China's Door Closing?" Below is an introduction to the panel and a link to the webcast of the panel which addresses whether China is closing its doors to foreign NGOs, businesses and media.

Is China's Door Closing?

Ever
since Deng Xiaoping launched his reforms in 1978, "openness" (对外开放) has been a central tenet of Chinese policy.
While the actual degree of China's openness has varied from time to time and
sector to sector over the past 38 years, the trend toward greater
liberalization of society, institutions, and the economy has been clear.

Until recently. The passage of China’s Foreign NGO Law raises doubts
about Xi Jinping’s commitment to further opening and reform. The law, which
places foreign NGOs under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security,
is the latest in a series of regulations meant to control “hostile foreign
forces.” Surveys indicate that foreign companies are concerned about tightening
business regulations in China and wonder whether they are as welcome as they
were in recent decades. International journalists and publishers, too, are
finding it difficult to obtain visas and to reach Chinese audiences. Is China’s
door closing to foreigners? Why are conditions changing for international
actors in China? How should the United States respond?

Our panel discussed the future of American NGOs, corporations, and
media in Xi’s China.

The event was webcast, and footage of the entire panel is available on our website at:

Ever since Deng Xiaoping launched his reforms in 1978, "openness" (对外开放)
has been a central tenet of Chinese policy. While the actual degree of
China's openness has varied from time to time and sector to sector over
the past 38 years, the trend toward greater liberalization of society,
institutions, and the economy has been clear.

Until recently. The passage of China’s foreign NGO law raises doubts
about Xi Jinping’s commitment to further opening and reform. The law,
which places foreign NGO’s under the supervision of the Ministry of
Public Security, is the latest in a series of regulations meant to
control “hostile foreign forces.” Surveys indicate that foreign
companies are concerned about tightening business regulations in China
and wonder whether they are as welcome as they were in recent decades.
International journalists and publishers, too, are finding it difficult
to obtain visas and to reach Chinese audiences. Is China’s door closing
to foreigners? Why are conditions changing for international actors in
China? How should the United States respond?
Our panel discussed the future of American NGO’s, corporations, and media in Xi’s China.Moderator: Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States